Ovules pendulous

  • Title

    Ovules pendulous

  • Definition

    Ovules that hang downward from the septum at apex of the locule with the micropyle facing upward.

  • Notes

    In neotropical Lecythidaceae the ovules are anatropous, bitegmic, and tenuinucellate.

  • Related Terms

    Ovule

    Micropyle

    Ovules anatropous

    Ovules bitegmic

    Ovules tenuinucellate

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